Recorder for phonographs, &amp;c.



No. 707,204. Patented Aug. l9, I902.

H. v. 'BUTTEBWOBTH. I

RECORDER FOR PHONOGBAPHS, &C.

(No Model.)

' INVENTOR WITNESSES L 32.5 V. W g s; W T TERWRTH i PATENT OFFICE.

I'IUBERT BUTTERWORTH, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

RECORDER FOR P srncrrroarron forming art f Letters HONOGRAPHS, aw-

Application filed Math 25, 1901. Serial No. Z|i525. "(No model.)

To all, whom it may-concern:

Be it known that I, HUBERT'V. BUTTER- WORTH, a citizen of the United States,-residing at Newarkg'inthecountyof Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in'Record'ers for Phonographs or the Like; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionvof the invention','such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, ref

erence being had to the accompanying drawings, and to figures of on, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates generally to im provements in recorders for phonographs,-and more particularly to a novel arrangement, con- I struction, and means of supporting a recorder her of said tube-plate,

upon a phonograph-arm with a view of pro viding a'better construction of recorder and producing better phonographic records than heretofore. j

The principal object of this invention ,therefore, isto arrange, with a'recor'd receiving cylinder and the frame in which the'recorder is placed, a recording attachment comprising a tube-plate connected-with a tubular memasecond tubular memwith the tubular ber pivotally connected member of said tube-plateprovided at its freeend with a recording diaphragm, anda stylus,

' all arranged in such a manner that an imaginary line otal support of the recordr-carr'yingarm or support and the point of contact of the stylus with the record-receiving surface or sapphire of the recordcylinder or roll will be a secant instead of a tangent, as heretofore, the purpose being to decidedly'preven't rebounding of the stylus or sapphire due to the vibrations of the recording disk or diaphragmin m'aking records, and-th'erebyproducing a more defined anda clearer'record.

Other objects of of my present invention;

Theinvention consists in the novel recorder for phonographs hereinafter set forth and in the novel arrangements and combinations of parts, as well as in the details of the construction thereof, all of which will be more fully reference marked theredrawn through the axis of the pivthisinv'ention notat this time specifically mentioned will'be fullyun' 1 derstoodfromthe accompanyingspecification described in the following specification and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claim which form apart of this specification.

The invention is companying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a 'side view of a portionof a phonograph, a record-cylinder, means for retaining the tube-plate, to which the horn is to be attached, in position, and illustrating in connection therewith the recorder embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of a portion of the frame of platen, and the cylinder, saidview also illustrating in section the arm for'receiving and retaining the tube-plate in position, the said tube-plate and the recording-disk and parts thereof being represented in side elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical representation of the several parts illustrated in said Fig. 2, except the recording-disk'ja'nd tu'be'with which it is connected, both-saidlast-mentioned parts being shown in side elevation. Fig.4 is a vertical section of all'of the said parts represented in said Figsu2 and 3. Fig. 5' is a face 'view .of the recorder. Fig; is a vertical cross-section, on anenlarged scale, ofa portion of the recorder embodying the principles of my invention and Fig. 6 isa vertical crossthe direction of the arrow 00 in said Fig. 2.

Similarnumerals of reference are employed 'in all of the saidiabove-described views to indicate corresponding parts.

construction of metal cylinder, upon which is placed in the usual manner the wax cylinder or platen 2 for receiving the record. Asillustratedin Fig. 1, 3 'ndicates the usual form of arm, pivoted, as'at 4, upon the frame of the phonograph,the saidlarm being provided with the usual bearing'5 for the receptionof the 1 tube-plate 6. The said arm'3is also provided with the lifting-lever 7. The tube-plate 6 is 'detachably secured in the bearingo in the ordinary and well-known manner and is pro- 'vided with the forwardly-extending tubular member 8 andtnbular elbow 9 for the receptionof an ordinary sound-receivinghorn.

The device for recording the vibrations caused by the voice or other sound-producin g of a tube 10,

medium. consists, essentially,

fully illustrated in the aca phonograph, the record-receiving roll or section taken on line 6 6 Fig. 2 looking in In the said 'drawings,'1 in'dicates the usual IOO '5 and 5 of the drawings.

provided at its one end with a spherical or ball-shaped enlargement or end 11, which is formed in its opposite sides with suitable depressions or recesses 12, into which extend the pointed ends of a pair of pivots orscrews 13, substantially asillustratedin Fig. 6. The main body of said tube 10 extends in a direction within the tubular member 8 of the tube-plate 6 toward the peripheral surface of the record-cylinder, and said tube 10 rests, preferably, upon an adjusting and supporting screw 14 as illustrated. The said tube 10, which is provided with the recording diaphragm or disk in the manner to be presently described, is thus capable of an oscillatory motion within the tubular member 8 of the tube-plate (i and can be regulated by means of the said adjusting or supporting screw 14: for bringing the stylus or sapphire of the vibratory diaphragm in the properposition for producing the best and most efficient impressions or indentations in the wax cylinder or platen 2 when providing said cylinder with a record.

The arrangement and manner of securing the diaphragm and stylus in their operative positions upon the disk or plate 15 of the tube 10 are represented more particularly in Figs. The said disk or plate 15, which is of a circular configuration in outline, has suitably secured upon its face toward the wax cylinder 2 and at the marginal edge thereof a suitable softrubber gasket or ring 16, upon which is placed and secured the diaphragm 17, provided with the usual arm 18 and stylus or sapphire 19. A second soft-rubber gasket or ring 20 is then arranged upon the face of the diaphragm 17 at or near its marginal edge, the said gaskets or rings, the diaphragm, and the plate 15 all being suitably secured in their fixed relations by means of a cement, as will be understood. By this arrangement and construcmen of the parts the thin diaphragm is capable of stronger or more positive vibrations,

and the gasket or ring 20 serves as a protection to the diaphragm-glass in that said ring acts as a frame, which surrounds the marginal edge of the diaphragm, and thereby prevents the latter from becoming broken or damaged.

The utility and efficiency of a recorder for producing phonographic records made on the principles of my hereinabove-described invention will be clearly evident, and the stylus or sapphire being made to engage the recordcylinder at a point outside of the tangential plane passing through the point of contact of the stylus with the cylindrical surface of the record-cylinder, as heretofore, all possible rebounding of the stylus or sapphire caused by the vibrations of the diaphragm from the said cylindrical surface of the record-cylinder during the time of receiving a record is clearly overcome. The liability of spoiling a record is thereby fully avoided, and owing to the angle of contact between the point of the stylus or sapphire and the cylindrical surface of the record roll or cylinder a deeper and better indentation is produced in the surface of the said cylinder, and when the same is placed in a phonograph for reproduction of the record the sounds are reproduced with positive clearness and are loud and distinct, so as to be fully understood.

I am aware thatsome changes may be made in the arrangements and combinations of the parts without departing from the scope of my present invention. Hence I do not limit this invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the parts nor do I confine myself to the details of the construction of said parts.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. In a recorder for phonographs or the like, the combination, with a tube-plate and its tubular member, of a recording attachment pivotally arranged and secured within said tubular member, having its recording-diaphragm extending beyond said tube-plate, and an adjusting-screw in the tubular member of said tube-plate in engagement with a portion of said pivotally-arranged recording attachment for the angular adjustment of the diaphragm of said recording attachment, relative to the surface of the phonographcylinder, substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

2. In a recorder for phonographs or the like, the combination, with a tube-plate and its tubular member, of a recording attachment arranged and seen red within said tubular member, having its recording-diaphragm extending beyond said tube-plate, and an adjusting-screw 14 arranged in said tubular member and in supporting engagement with a portion of said recording attachment for the angular adjustment of the recording-diaphragm relative to the surface of the phonograph-cylinder, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. Ina recorderforphonographs orthelike, the combination, with a tube-plate and its tubular member, of a recording attachment arranged and secured within said tubular member, having its recording-diaphragm extending beyond said tube-plate, and an adjusting-screw in said tubular member having its point in supporting engagement with a portion of said recording attachment, sub stantially as and for the purposes set forth.

4.. In a recorder for phonographs or the like, the combination, with a tube-plate and its tubular member, of a recording attachment within said tubular member, having its recording-diaphragm extending beyond said tube-plate, and means connected with and within the said tubular member for securing said recording attachment in oscillatory relation within said tubular member, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

5. In a recorder fol-phonographs or the like, the combination, with a tube-plate and its tubular member, of a recording attachment ICC within said tubular member, having its recording-diaphragm extending beyond said tube-plate, and means connected With and within the said tubular member for securing said recording attachment in oscillatory relation within said tubular member, consisting, of a pair of pivots arranged in the opposite sides of said tubular member, and having their inner ends in pivotal supporting engagement'with said recording attachment, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

6. In a recorder for phonographs or thelike, the combination, with a tube-plate and its tubular member, of a recording attachment within said tubular member, having its recording diaphragm extending beyond :said tube-plate, means connected with said tubular member for securing said recording attachment in oscillatory relation within said tubular member, and an adjusting-screw in said tubular member, having its point in supporting engagement with a portion of said recording attachment, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. In a recorder for phonographs or the like, the combination, with a tube-plate and its tubular member, of a recording attachment within said tubular member, having its recording-diaphragm extending beyond said tube-plate, means connected with said tubular member for securing said recording attachment in oscillatory relation within said tubular member, consisting, of a pair of pivots arranged in the Opposite sides of said tubular member, and having their inner ends in pivotal supporting engagement with said recording attachment, and an adj ustingscrew in said tubular member, having its point in supporting engagement with a portion of said recording attachment, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. In a recorder for phonographs or the like, the combination, with a t'ube-plate'and its tubular member, of a recording attachment, consisting, of a tube 10, having a ball-shaped end, arranged within said tubular member, and means in saidtubular member and in' engagement with said ball-shaped end for the oscillatory arrangement of said tube 10 within said tubular member, and a recording-diaphragm on the opposite end of said tube 10,

substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

9. In a recorder for phonographs orthe like,

the combination, with a tube-plate and its tubular member, of a recording attachment, consisting, of a tube 10, having a ball-shaped end, arranged within said tubular member, means in said tubular member in engagement with said ball-shaped end for the oscillatory arrangement of said tube 10 within said tu-' bular member, a recording-diaphragm on the opposite end of said tube 10, and an adjusting-screw in said tubular member, having its point in supporting engagement with a portion of said tube 10, substantially asand for the purposes set forth.

10. In a phonograph, the combination, with a record-receiving cylinder and the frame in which the recorder is arranged, of a recording attachment comprising a tube-plate secured to said frame, a tubular member connected with said tube-plate, a second tubular member pivotally connected with the tubular member of said tube-plate, said second tubular member having'its opposite end extending beyond the said tube-plate, a recording-diaphragm on the free end of said second tubular member, and a stylus on said recording-diaphragm, the said stylus, therecord ing-diaphragm and said second tubular member, all being arranged in such relation to the'cylindrical surface of the record-receiving cylinder,that an imaginary plane through the point of pivotal support of said second tubular member and the point of contact of the stylus with the cylindrical surface of the recording-cylinder will producea secant with the recording-cylinder, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 20th day ofMarch, 1901.

HUBERT V. BUTTERWORTH.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, GEO. D. RICHARDS. 

